Edward Laning [graphic]. 1940 Apr. 22.

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Edward Laning [graphic]. 1940 Apr. 22.

1940

Laning shown with his mural: "The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of America", at Ellis Island. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Dedication of Laning mural at 42nd St. Library; Negative No.: 4634-1; Date: 4-22-40; Photographer: Saltsberg.

1 photographic print : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm.

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 7026252

Archives of American Art

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Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)

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Ellis Island is a former immigration inspection station. As the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 to 1954, it processed approximately 12 million immigrants to the United States in New York Harbor, within the states of New York and New Jersey. Prior to the immigration station it was owned by the Ellis family before the US government used it as a fort and a naval magazine. Between 1905 and 1914, immigration officials reviewed about 5,000 immigrants per day during peak times a...

Laning, Edward, 1906-1981

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Painter and muralist, died in 1981. Born in Petersburg, Ill. Studied at Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Chicago, and the Arts Students League with Max Weber, Boardman Robinson, and John Sloan. Worked extensively on the WPA Federal Art Project and the Treasury Section. From the description of Edward Laning papers, 1880-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220143725 ...

Saltsberg, Jerry.

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